Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs Google Pixel 9 Pro XL

12 February 2025
The new Galaxy Ultra faces the Pixel 9 Pro XL around its mid-life point - which one is better?

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jsoprano75, 13 Feb 2025Agreed, as long as Google continues to use the lame Tensor ... morePixel's tensor issue is making the pixel lose to stuff like S22 ultra and poco F5. Phones from years ago, Google trying to build a time machine to the past with pixel.

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    • 13 Feb 2025

    Pixel camera is still better than galaxy, much more detail and lower noise.

      Claudespeed, 12 Feb 2025What better option? S25 ultra is the ultimate phone. Better... more"S25 ultra is the ultimate phone."

      How could it be the ultimate phone when even its own predecessor beats it in some cases? The biggest hardware upgrade on the new model is a higher resolution ultrawide that takes worse pictures than the S24 Ultra's 12MP sensor, there is nothing ultimate about it.

      Samsung phones lose most of their value within 6 months, what resale value are you talking about? They are way too common, and too commonly discounted as well, to be worth anything close to their original price after only a couple of months.

      Let's not even talk about their absolutely horrible update support, not the length of it, because that doesn't matter, when the speed of it is behind EVERY OTHER BRAND.

      "What better option?"

      Vivo X200 Pro easily beats it in everything, and the X200 Ultra is on the way as well.

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        • 13 Feb 2025

        Dimi68, 12 Feb 2025The real winner is Chinese flagships Well I'm using a Chinese Poco F5. And the main uses Samsung's.
        In the end, hardware and the a/s of the country you live in should be considered.
        The price of the Xiaomi Ultra is crazy. I don't think their smartphones are better than Samsung. Samsung Ultra uses Sony's image sensor and Samsung's ISOCELL image sensor.

          Claudespeed, 12 Feb 2025What better option? S25 ultra is the ultimate phone. Better... moreThis is true, the S25 Ultra is the best phone on the market right now. The only thing that's not top tier is the charging speed, but charging too fast actually shrinks battery life. 45W is the optimal point to where it still charges relatively fast without damaging your battery. Samsung has found the right balance. They did a real would usage test and the Snapdragon 8 Elite destroyed the iPhone 16 Pro, so there's that also.

            Androidy, 13 Feb 2025Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra totally crash the Google Pixel 9 P... moreAgreed, as long as Google continues to use the lame Tensor chips, I'll never buy one. They could at least use a high end MediaTek chip. Its a shame too, because I really like the design of the 9 series Pixels, the camera island looks so much better now.

              Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra totally crash the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL, there is no comparison.

                Anonymous, 12 Feb 2025Looking at both, it is hard to believe they cost more than ... moreDo you think they should be gold plated or something? What a weird take
                80%+ of people just slap a case on it and the only thing they see is the screen and sometimes the camera island
                Shape, weight and durability matter much more in daily use than how premium a phone looks

                  Until Google can figure their pricing or chip performance out, it's always the inferior choice compared to Samsung, not to mention Oppo or Oneplus.

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                    Anonymous, 13 Feb 2025I agree with you. Every year chinese flagship won the aw... moreProvide graphs and other forms of credible information to back up this claim. Otherwise, your words have no meaning here.

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                      • 13 Feb 2025

                      Galaxy S25 Ultra is too overkill to be compared with any Pixel series.

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                        Dimi68, 12 Feb 2025The real winner is Chinese flagships I agree with you.

                        Every year chinese flagship won the award as most mediocre flagship with entry level software and as smallest sales number.

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                          Both have their own disadvantages. Google should use snapdragon processor and Samsung should price competitively.

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                            Dimi68, 12 Feb 2025The real winner is Chinese flagships "Time and place for everything" - if you're looking for best value, yes, Xiaomi, Oppo and others have much more to offer than Samsung, but if you're looking for "just get and forget", it's hard to argue with 7 years of support and a "has all the features" even if not all of them are the best of the best.

                            If "it just has everything and on a good enough level" was not a thing, iPhones would not be this popular.

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                              • 13 Feb 2025

                              both absolutely pitiful phones

                                Lol Samsung destroys this poor man's iPhone copycat and i don't even like Samsung

                                  A final model phone vs the beta phone.

                                    The real winner is Chinese flagships

                                      DarlingYext, 12 Feb 2025Neither of them are impressive at night, they both tend to ... moreWhat better option? S25 ultra is the ultimate phone. Better than iPhone 16 pro and definitely better than all chinese low quality competitors that have no resale value at all. I agree they offer good specs for the price, but their software is horrible. With the exception of hyperos2 maybe.

                                        Anonymous, 12 Feb 2025Looking at both, it is hard to believe they cost more than ... moreThat's your folly!

                                        Premium is NEVER about what something LOOKS like!
                                        recall the phrase looks can deceive?!

                                        Premium is in the use of the materials and how it FEELS:
                                        Nappa Leather = Ferrari, Bugatti, Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin Lamborghini !
                                        Fashion clothing = again premium materials used exclusively because of how they FEEL and last through wear & tear.
                                        Craftmanship - in the metals and how the metals are bonded or finished!!

                                        You never hear of a Car, Dress, Suit, Coat, Furniture, a Castle being stated as 'that looks premium'

                                        Only youth started this crap about a phone "looking premium" and THAT'S WHY so many have issues with products - because of LOOKS.

                                        Phones differed specifically because they 'feel premium in the hand' !!

                                        Get it right! Stop changing standards just because!

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